The Tyler Community Band was founded in 1989. Since our beginning, we have had several names including “The University of Texas at Tyler/Tyler Jr. College Wind Ensemble”, “The East Texas Wind Symphony”, and “The Tyler Community Band”. Mr. Richard Highfill is our original conductor. The Tyler Community Band is made up of people like you, that love to play good music. The band rehearses on Tuesday night from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the band room at the University of Texas at Tyler. The band performs four concerts a year in the beautiful Cowan Performing Arts Center, also on the campus of the University of Texas at Tyler.